Well-fixture.



Patented July 30, |901.

. Lw. A. FULLER.

WELL FIXTURE.

(Applicaticn 4lexl May 9, 1901.).

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' UNITED STATRS Y VARREN A. FULLER, OF CHERRYFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA.

SPECIFICATION forming* part 0f Letters Patent N0. 679,307, dated July 30, 1901.

Application filed May 9, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cherryeld, in the county of Transylvania, State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Well-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompany- This invention relates to well-fixtures, and particularly to an elevating device and an improved dischargingspout.

The invention has for its object to provide an elevating means comprising an arrangement of pulleys adapted to obtain a frictional hold upon the bucket-rope or suspending device in order to raise the buckets with the least possible expenditure of power and also to hold either of the buckets in their raised position for the discharge of the liquid contained therein.

AA further object of the invention is to provide a discharge-spout which will automatically tap the bucket and discharge therefrom the desired quantity of Water, so that no handling of the bucket is necessary and only such amount of Water is removed therefrom as may be required at the particular time, thereby avoiding the wasting of the water and the wet condition of the ground adjacent to a Well.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of the casing containing the fixtures. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a detail vertical section of the cast bottom for the well bucket and valve, shown therein in elevation. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of the wedge-brake- Fig. 6 is a detail elevation of one of the grooved pulleys, showing in dotted lines the contact of the brake therewith; and Fig. 7 is a plan Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the drawings the letter A designates a Serial No. 59,426. (No model.)

casing adapted to receive and support 'the various parts and which may be of any desired material or configuration suitable to the purposes for which it is designed. This casing is provided at its upper portion with an opening A', having at opposite sides thereof a bearing-plate B. This plate has formed in' tegral therewith the three bearings B', adapted to receive the journals of the feed-pulley C and the tension-pulley C, disposed at opposite sides thereof, so that the journals of these three pulleys are in a constant and fixed relation to each other. The journal yof the feed-pulley O is provided with any desired driving means-for instance, a handle O2--and the periphery of each of these pulleys is provided with a V-shaped groove C3, thus leaving at opposite sides or edges bearing-surfaces C4, as shown in Fig. 6, upon which the brake-block D is adapted to bear. This block is suitably mounted in any sup port above the pulleys-for instance, a curved casing A2, provided with slots A3 at opposite sides, through which a rod or handle D eX- tends from the block D for the purpose of supL porting the same and guiding its movement. The concave face of this block is formed with forked ends D2 to prevent contact with the rope, so that the edges of the block when shifted between the feed-pulley C and either of the tension-pulleys O produces a wedging action to prevent any further rotation of the parts toward each other. It will be readily seen that this brake may be'shifted from one side of the feed-pulley O to the other by means of the handle D', projecting from the casing A2. The rope E or other suspending device for the Well-buckets is carried over one of the tension-pulleys C', under the feedpulley C, and over the opposite tension-pulley, thus distributing the downward strain upon the three bearing-points instead of a single shaft and producing a much more easily operated device. This structure also provides means for placing the rope or suspension device for the buckets E under such tension that the rope is drawn into the V- shaped grooves of the pulleys in order to secure the necessary frictional hold for the purpose of raising the buckets by rotation of the pulley C.

The well-buckets E may be of any desired IOO construction and are provided with a cast bottom E2, as shown in Fig. 4, having a downwardly-projecting flange E2, which guides the reciprocation of the valve F and prevents the splashing or the Wasting of the Water, as will be hereinafter described. The valve F is provided with a plate F at its lower end to limit its upward movement and guide-fianges F2 to guide its reciprocation. The valve is inserted from below, and upon the upperface of the flanges F2 the top plate and packing F3 is secured in any desired manner to form a closure and limit the downward movement of the valve.

With the parts thus far described the bucket is adapted to be elevated and held in its elevated position. For the purpose of withdrawing any desired quantity of water from this bucket Without handling the bucket a discharge-spout G has been provided, which is formed at its inner end with a circular portion G', merging into the discharge end G2. This spoilt G is pivotally mounted in an opening A4 at the front of the casing by means of the pintles G2, extending from the sides thereof, and a suitable bearing G4, secured to the Well-casing A. In the center of the circular portion G' a tap-point G5 extends upward above the 'edge of the circular portion and is adapted to raise the valve F by contact therewith, so as to discharge into the spout any desired quantity of Water. It will be observed that at this time the depending flange E2 from the well-bucket extends into the circular portion G of the spout, and thereby in leaving the bucket and Wasting the same.

(See Fig. 4.) Any desired means may be used for operating this spout to tap the bucket; but as illustrating a desirable form I have shown a rod H, provided at its upper end with a handle H and pivotally connected at its lower end to lugs GG, extending from the spout, said rod being guided by ya suitable keeper H2, so that the inner end of the spout may be thrown upward into contact with the under surface of the valve F to raise the 'same and permit the escape of water through the spout into any'suitable receptacle-such, forinstance, as a bucket E2. It will be obvious that one of these discharge-spouts is provided at each side of the casing in position to cooperate with each of the buckets E when raised.

From the foregoing description the operation of the several parts will be clearly understood, and it is only necessary to state that the structure herewith presented permits the bucket to be raised with the least exertion of power and to be held in its raised position luntil the contents thereof have been discharged. A bucket of water may be raised and retained in such position and the Water drawn therefrom in any desired quantities at different times until the supply is exhausted, when the opposite bucket may be raised into position for discharge. The buckets when descending into the water-trap, beneath the false bottom thereof, discharge a quantity of air, which in passing upward With the water through the valve-opening aerates the water, producing a most desirable effect.

It will be obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction and configuration without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-' l. In a wellfixture,a friction feeding-wheel provided with a beveled V-shaped groove and having at its outer edges flat bearing-surfaces, tension-pulleys on opposite sides of said feeding-Wheel, a grooved brake-block having a curved face adapted to bear on said surfaces and adapted to travel transversely of the axis of said wheel to engage between the same and either of the pulleys, and a bucket suspending device adapted to lie within the grooves in the pulley and brakeblock; substantially as specified.

2. In a well-iixture, the combination of a grooved feeding-pulley, tension-pulleys upon opposite sides thereof, a bucket-suspending device passing over said tension-pulleys and under said feeding-pulley, bearing-plates for the opposite ends of the shafts of said pulleys each having sockets in xed relation to each other and in the same horizontal plane, and a wedge-brake adapted to travel transversely to the axis of said feeding-pulley and engage between the same and either one of the tension-pulleys; substantially as specified.

3. In a well-fixture, the combination of a grooved feeding-pulley, tension-pulleys upon opposite sides thereof, a bucket-suspending device passing over said tension-pulleys and under said feeding-pulley,and a wedge-brake adapted to travel transversely to the axis of said feeding-pulley and engage between the feed-pulley and either one of the tension-p ulleys; substantially as specified.

4. In a well-fixture, the combination of a grooved feeding-pulley, tension-pulleys upon opposite sides thereof, a bucket-suspending device passing over said tension-pulleys and under said feeding-pulley, a wedge-brake adapted to engage between the feed-pulley and one of the tension-pulleys, and means for shifting said brake into contact with either tension-pulley; substantially as specified.

5. In a Well-fixture, the combination of a grooved feeding-pulley, tension -pulleys upon opposite sides thereof, a bucket-suspending device passing over said tension-pulleys and under said feeding-pulley, a curved Wedgebrake supported above said feed-pulley and adapted to be shifted into contact with the tension-pulley at either side thereof; substantially as specified.

6. In a Well-fixture, the combination of a grooved feeding-pulley, tension-pulleys upon opposite sides thereof, a bucket-suspending IOO IIO

bucket, a depending `iiange from said wellbucket, a'curved portion of said spout adapted to receive said flange, and a sliding operating-rod extending to the top of the casing and at its lower end to the outer end of said discharge-spout; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature 2o in presence of two Witnesses.

- WARREN A. FULLER.

Witnesses:

J. T. CHAMBLEE, A. S. CALLAWAY. 

